Dempsey Pumice Deposit

Occurrence in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodity Pumice
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019425
MRDS ID DC10024
Record type Site
Current site name Dempsey Pumice Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.66757, 46.26657 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position AROUND THE CLARK FORK VALLEY AROUND DEMPSEY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orofino Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N;006N;006N 008W;009W;010W 07,08,09,04,05,16;01,04,09,12,32,35;01,02,03,04,05,06 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • EXTENDS INTO SEC 4, 7N 8W ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.66757, 46.26657

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boulder Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNECHTEL, 1946, WRITTEN COMM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VOLCANIC ASH IN LAKE BEDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1983 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.